Theresa May
EU Parliament: UK citizens' rights offer is a 'damp squib'
The European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator has threatened to block an offer by the UK government on the status of EU citizens after Britain leaves.
Hypocrisies abound as report highlights Saudi links to UK extremism
While Saudi Arabia accuses Qatar of aiding extremism, a think tank report released Wednesday said Riyadh was funding hardline Islamism in the UK. But with the British government…
Sinn Fein lashes out at British PM after talks delay
Irish nationalists Sinn Fein on Tuesday accused British Prime Minister Theresa May of setting the Northern Ireland peace process back decades after a further delay in talks to…
The World This Week
France remembers Simone Veil; Theresa May's tenuous grip on power
As news breaks of the death of Simone Veil, our panel of international journalists looks back at the legacy of the former French health minister who spearheaded the legalisation…
British PM May narrowly wins Parliament confidence vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative minority government secured lawmakers' backing for its legislative plans by a narrow margin Thursday, but only after making a…
The Debate
What does the UK want? Tide turns against weakened Theresa May
Is the pendulum swinging against austerity in Britain? The House of Commons has narrowly approved the Conservative agenda spelled out in the Queen's Speech. But after a snap…
Death toll rises in Grenfell fire as UK asks hard questions
The death toll in the Grenfell Tower fire in London now stands at 80 dead or presumed dead.
Opinion
May’s DUP bribe alienates rest of UK
UK Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with Northern Ireland’s ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist Party gives her minority government backing on key votes - at the cost of…
N. Ireland's DUP sign pact with UK's May government
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives struck a deal Monday with the Democratic Unionist Party that will allow them to govern despite losing their majority in a…
‘Ohh Jeremy!’: Labour leader storms UK’s Glastonbury Festival
If ever there were concerns that music festivals have forgotten their original 1960s' political roots, this year's Glastonbury laid that to rest with one of the most politically…
Brussels gives cold shoulder to May’s proposals for EU citizens
French President Emmanuel Macron said at the end of the EU summit in Brussels on Friday that proposals from UK Prime Minister Theresa May on preserving the rights of EU citizens…
May makes 'fair' offer for EU citizens staying in UK
British Prime Minister Theresa May promised Thursday to let EU citizens stay after Brexit as she met sceptical European leaders for the first time since her disastrous election…
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